DEAR ABBY: My adult children complain that when they send me photos of their kids who are missing teeth, I photo-edit them and replace the teeth. I am guilty as charged, but I think it looks better -- so why not do it?
They claim that part of the "charm" of the children's photos is the missing teeth, the cowlicks, the twisted tie, etc. In this electronic age, who is right? -- DEDE IN TACOMA, WASH.
DEAR DEDE: They are. The pictures they are sending you are not those of child models. Your grandchildren are normal children, and normal children are works in progress. My question to you is, why can't you accept them for exactly who they are in their current stage of development?